The prince is very cruel

"Haha, get up."

"No need to be so polite. The reason why you and Zhao Tai are enemies is because of that girl."

"If I don't help her, I guess that girl will never talk to me as her uncle again in her life. Besides, Zhao Tai and I have an irreconcilable feud and a mortal hatred." Yuan Tao looked very approachable, and he looked at him as if he was a junior.

Guan Ning nodded: "Anyway, I, Guan Ning, will remember your life-saving grace."

Yuan Tao sighed, "It seems we are destined to be together."

"If you hadn't come to Zizhou, if you hadn't broken in here, I wouldn't be able to protect you."

"Ever since the imperial court issued a warrant for your arrest, and then what happened in Lujun City, I had a vague feeling that you might come to Zizhou. I didn't expect you to actually come, and that I just happened to run into you."

"Fate, it's wonderful!"

Guan Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He had never thought that he would meet such a noble person when he was at his wit's end. If he made a wrong move, he might not have met him again. "Indeed, it's wonderful."

"By the way, Sima Yuan, how are things going in the capital?"

"Is Nanyin okay?"

"That day, the wedding was ruined. I only had a fleeting glance with her and didn't get to talk to her. Afterwards, I fled and knew nothing about what was happening in the capital."

Hearing this, Yuan Tao was obviously a little angry.

"Humph!"

"That old man Pei Xingwen is so pedantic. If it weren't for him, you and Nan Yin wouldn't have ended up like this!"

As he spoke, he calmed down a little: "But don't worry, Nanyin is fine now."

"After you killed Du Peng, the wedding was naturally ruined."

"She returned to the palace, staying out of the spotlight for a while, and rarely goes out."

"The rumors about her circulating in the capital are even bigger." Yuan Tao looked at Guan Ning meaningfully.

"That's good!"

"Then may I ask Sima Yuan, after that incident, did the court and Zhao Tai retaliate against some innocent people?" Guan Ning asked tentatively.

"You want to ask your old friends and servants, right?" Yuan Tao asked directly. Although he was in Zizhou, he knew everything about the capital.

"From what I know, after you were wanted, Nan Yin, the Censorate, and even the people in the harem all secretly helped you."

"Except you and your men who are wanted, everyone else is in hiding."

Hearing this, Guan Ning breathed a sigh of relief, as if a huge stone had fallen from his chest.

Nanyin, Uncle Xiao from the Censorate is not surprising, but the people from the harem, could they be referring to Concubine Ya?

"Thank you, Sima Yuan, for telling me!"

"Let me rest for a while, I will leave immediately and will never cause any trouble for Lord Sima." He bowed.

Yuan Tao shook his head: "If you go out now, you're looking for death."

"I can tell you very clearly that Zhao Tai's men are definitely still monitoring the military camp."

"As soon as you go out, he will find you."

"Stay with me for now."

"But the military camp isn't a good place for you to stay. Later, you can go to Zizhou City with my team and recuperate. After you're well, you can make plans for the next step."

"It's absolutely safe where I am. Zhao Tai can't get his hands in." His tone was flat, but there was a sense of security as strong as a mountain.

Guan Ning was moved.

He bowed deeply and said, "In that case, thank you very much, Great Sima. I will definitely keep it in mind!"

Yuan Tao smiled and said, "They are all trivial matters."

"But, can you answer a question for me?"

"Excuse me, Great Sima, I will tell you everything I know!" Guan Ning was very polite and respectful. After all, he was Nan Yin's uncle, an elder, and he dared to risk his head to save him!

Without him, we would be in danger today!

Yuan Tao's eyes suddenly turned gossipy: "What is your relationship with that girl Nan Yin?"

"I've heard all the gossip in the capital. And you dared to ruin Zhao Tai's adopted son's wedding for Nan Yin and slap the emperor in the face. Tsk..."

"I wouldn't dare do anything like that."

"Huh?" He raised his eyebrows and looked straight at me.

Suddenly, Guan Ning's face looked strange. He felt a little embarrassed by being stared at and didn't know how to answer.

"Forehead……"

"This one……"

"I said we are friends, do you believe me?"

Yuan Tao said coldly: "If that's the case, I'll kick you out of the barracks."

Guan Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Okay."

"But Da Sima, there is indeed nothing between Nan Yin and me. It's not as strange as the rumors in the capital. She announced to the public that she was with me all night because she wanted to save me."

Yuan Tao said calmly, "Do you know what it means for an unmarried princess to announce something like this to everyone?"

"How much courage does this take?"

Guan Ning nodded heavily: "Of course I understand."

"That's good. Nan Yin didn't make a mistake in choosing you. You are also a man who is willing to risk his life to save her. Maybe Pei Xingwen looks down on you, but I, Yuan Tao, respect you." Yuan Tao was extremely serious.

As a general on the battlefield, his way of thinking is very different from that of a corrupt scholar like Pei Xingwen.

"Thank you, General!" Guan Ning bowed.

"Okay, you're still injured, so I won't say any more. Let's sit down and have a few drinks later when we have time."

"Take this." Yuan Tao threw out a bottle of medicine.

Guan Ning caught it.

"This is military wound medicine. It's in short supply. Please change the medicine first."

"Later, I will have someone deliver the soldiers' armor. You two can put it on and come back to Sima Mansion with me." Yuan Tao's unwavering help was not just talk.

Guan Ning clenched his fists, not knowing what to say: "Thank you!"

"No need, I'm helping my own family." Yuan Tao waved his hand and left in style.

Guan Ning smiled when he heard that. Someone from his own family?

Even though he was in danger now and would be killed by the Emperor and Zhao Tai if he showed his face, he would not give up and leave his hometown. He would definitely return!

After everyone left, Tang Xiang'er dared to speak: "Brother Guan, we finally met a good person."

"Yes, now we are truly safe temporarily. At least Zhao Tai won't try to hunt us down." Guan Ning rubbed her head and couldn't help but think of the palace guards.

This is what he has always been confused about. Starting from Lu County, the palace guards seemed to have disappeared. Where did they go?

"By the way, Brother Guan, your wound hasn't been bandaged yet."

"Please sit down first."

"..."

The two stayed in the tent for a full seven hours, until dusk, when Yuan Tao's confidant finally brought the armor.

The two of them changed into soldiers of Zizhou.

Afterwards, the two of them mixed into Yuan Tao's entourage, a total of about a hundred people, and returned to Zizhou City.

As soon as he walked out of the military camp, Guan Ning keenly felt that there seemed to be pairs of eyes spying on him from outside the camp, which made him feel very uneasy!

It’s Zhao Tai’s man!

He wanted to remind Yuan Tao, but Yuan Tao, as the Grand Marshal of Zizhou and a frontier official with tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, was obviously not a pushover. He had made preparations early and ordered the three armies to perform martial arts exercises. Thousands of soldiers shouted and rushed into the sky, scaring those who were secretly following him so much that they dared not do anything and even retreated half a meter.